John G. Cawelti

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 978 citations indexed

About

John G. Cawelti is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, John G. Cawelti has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 978 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in John G. Cawelti's work include Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (7 papers), Crime and Detective Fiction Studies (5 papers) and Gothic Literature and Media Analysis (4 papers). John G. Cawelti is often cited by papers focused on Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (7 papers), Crime and Detective Fiction Studies (5 papers) and Gothic Literature and Media Analysis (4 papers). John G. Cawelti collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. John G. Cawelti's co-authors include Garth S. Jowett, Robert Sklar, Bruce A. Rosenberg, Richard Schickel, Daniel H. Calhoun, Susan Sontag, Marshall McLuhan and Tom Wolfe and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Communication Research and Journal of American History.

In The Last Decade

John G. Cawelti

40 papers receiving 563 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Adventure, Mystery, and Romance

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John G. Cawelti United States	13	413	346	164	118	105	47	978
Robert Clyde Allen United Kingdom	7	168 0.4×	297 0.9×	90 0.5×	230 1.9×	218 2.1×	11	797
Eric Lott United States	12	308 0.7×	530 1.5×	195 1.2×	135 1.1×	90 0.9×	45	1.2k
George Whalley Canada	3	441 1.1×	211 0.6×	62 0.4×	49 0.4×	36 0.3×	16	946
Robert Stam United States	15	320 0.8×	637 1.8×	229 1.4×	181 1.5×	255 2.4×	73	1.4k
Richard Ohmann United States	13	252 0.6×	250 0.7×	36 0.2×	84 0.7×	45 0.4×	58	800
Bill Nichols United States	17	181 0.4×	349 1.0×	72 0.4×	88 0.7×	308 2.9×	63	954
Garth S. Jowett United States	13	130 0.3×	264 0.8×	42 0.3×	62 0.5×	127 1.2×	39	697
Avital Ronell United States	10	259 0.6×	192 0.6×	87 0.5×	41 0.3×	39 0.4×	41	701
Hans H. Rudnick	10	230 0.6×	278 0.8×	64 0.4×	40 0.3×	26 0.2×	39	821
Janet Staiger United States	12	323 0.8×	315 0.9×	69 0.4×	163 1.4×	562 5.4×	39	1.1k

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Cawelti, John G.. (2006). Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Perpetual Detective. 6(1). 7–17.

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Cawelti, John G.. (2004). Mystery, violence, and popular culture : essays. University of Wisconsin Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Cawelti, John G.. (2002). Reregionalizing America: A New View of American Culture after World War II. The Journal of Popular Culture. 35(4). 127–144.

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Cawelti, John G.. (2001). Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science. American Literature. 73(3). 643–644. 8 indexed citations

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Cawelti, John G.. (1985). The Question Of Popular Genres. Journal of Popular Film and Television. 13(2). 55–61. 4 indexed citations

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Cawelti, John G.. (1984). The six-gun mystique. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 53 indexed citations

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Cawelti, John G.. (1979). The Cycle of Clandestinity. Prospects. 4. 559–576. 1 indexed citations

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Cawelti, John G.. (1979). Ringer to Sheehy to Pirsig: The “Greening” of American Ideals of Success. Journal of American Culture. 2(1). 147–161. 1 indexed citations

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Cawelti, John G.. (1977). The Writer as a Celebrity: Some Aspects of American Literature as Popular Culture. Studies in American fiction. 5(1). 161–174. 5 indexed citations

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Jowett, Garth S. & John G. Cawelti. (1976). Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture. Journal of American History. 63(3). 786–786. 75 indexed citations

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Cawelti, John G., et al.. (1976). Adventure, Mystery, and Romance. Journal of Aesthetic Education. 10(3/4). 248–248. 75 indexed citations

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Cawelti, John G.. (1975). The gunfighter and The Hard-boiled Dick: Some Ruminations on American Fantasies of Heroism. American studies. 16(2). 49–64. 2 indexed citations

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Cawelti, John G.. (1975). Myths of Violence in American Popular Culture. Critical Inquiry. 1(3). 521–541. 6 indexed citations

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Cawelti, John G.. (1973). Dianying [Electric Shadows]: An Account of Films and the Film Audience in China. Jay Leyda. The Library Quarterly. 43(4). 427–429.

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Cawelti, John G.. (1973). Focus on Bonnie and Clyde. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

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Cawelti, John G.. (1972). The Concept of Formula in the Study of Popular Literature. 5. 115–115. 8 indexed citations

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Cawelti, John G.. (1971). Notes toward an Aesthetic of Popular Culture. The Journal of Popular Culture. 5(2). 255–268. 6 indexed citations

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Cawelti, John G. & Daniel H. Calhoun. (1966). Professional Lives in America: Structure and Aspiration, 1750-1850. History of Education Quarterly. 6(4). 90–90. 1 indexed citations

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Cawelti, John G.. (1963). Conformity and Democracy in America: Some Reflections Occasioned by the Republication of Martineau's Society in America. Ethics. 73(3). 208–213. 1 indexed citations

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Cawelti, John G.. (1957). Some Notes on the Structure of The Confidence-Man. American Literature. 29(3). 278–278. 2 indexed citations

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